The night temperature in the Moscow region reaches 30 degrees below zero

Moscow.- The nighttime temperature in Klin, in the Moscow region, reached 30 degrees below zero last night, while a cold wave has also settled in the Russian capital with temperatures of 20 and more degrees below zero.

This Saturday the thermometers in the Russian capital marked 21 degrees below zero, which are perceived, according to electronic devices, as 29 degrees below zero.

In 1956, around this time, the thermometers in the capital dropped to 35 degrees below zero, recall the meteorologists, who admit that in the following decades there was a rise in the winter temperature, except in 1978.

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In the 21st century, the coldest winter in Moscow was recorded in 2005, when temperatures at night showed between 25 and 30 degrees below zero. The current cold snap settled in the Russian capital after days of heavy snowfall that left snow layers of more than 60 centimeters in the city.